Review of Charnett Moffett: Bright New Day

Charnett Moffett: Bright New Day

Brian Jackson | Charnett Mofett | Jana Herzen | Mark Whitfeld Jnr | Scott Tixier

Motéma (CD)

Rating: ★★

Bassist-bandleader-composer Moffett has been pleasingly eclectic throughout an eventful career. Brilliant work with the likes of Ornette Coleman dovetailed with...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2019

Review of AfroHORN/Francisco Mora Catlett: Rare Metal

AfroHORN/Francisco Mora Catlett: Rare Metal

Alex Harding | Andrew Daniels | Aruán Ortiz | Francisco Mora Catlett | Rashaan Carter | Roman Diaz | Salim Washington | Sam Newsome

AACE Records

Rating: ★★★★

The follow-up to the striking Afro Horn Mix is with us already. This is the band that was conceived by...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Review of Beck Hunters: Has It Been Found?

Beck Hunters: Has It Been Found?

Anton Hunter | Johnny Hunter | Mick Beck

Discus

Rating: ★★★

The list of free-jazz bassoonists is not a very long one. In fact, other than Karen Borca, who played with...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2019

Review of Zara McFarlane: Until Tomorrow

Zara McFarlane: Until Tomorrow

Andy Chapman | Binker Golding | Camilla George | Nick Walsh | Peter Edwards | Zara McFarlane | Zem Audu

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Released on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings, Zara McFarlane’s long-awaited debut album provides the perfect showcase for her wonderfully pure timbre,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2011

Review of Warren Wolf: Wolfgang

Warren Wolf: Wolfgang

Aaron Diehl | Aaron Goldberg | Benny Green | Billy Williams Jr. | Christian McBride | Daryl Tookes | Kris Funn | Lewis Nash | Warren Wolf

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

Warren Wolf is certainly the best new vibes player to emerge in recent years and this, his second outing for...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2013

Review of Eric Gale: The Definitive Collection

Eric Gale: The Definitive Collection

Carlos Santana | Carmine Appice | Freddie Hubbard | George Duke | Howard Hewitt | Jeff Beck | Louis Johnson | Ray Gomez | Robert Brookins | Simon Phillips

Robinsongs

Rating: ★★★

Definitive is a tricky term, especially with as diverse an artist as Gale who recorded primarily as a ‘sideman’. Let's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2018

Review of Patricia Barber: Higher

Patricia Barber: Higher

Jim Gailloreto | Jon Deitemyer | Katherine Werbiansky | Neal Alger | Patricia Barber | Patrick Mulcahy

ArtistShare (CD)

Rating: ★★★★

Whether she's breathing new life into Ovid's Metamorphoses (on her 2006 album Mythologies), paying tribute to one of her songwriting...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2019

Review of Shirley Smart & Robert Mitchell: Zeitgeist2

Shirley Smart & Robert Mitchell: Zeitgeist2

Robert Mitchell | Shirley Smart

Discus Music 116CD

Rating: ★★★★

Pianist Robert Mitchell and cellist Shirley Smart have been collaborating for several years now, notably on the former’s Invocation and...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2022

Review of Joe Downard: Seven Japanese Tales

Joe Downard: Seven Japanese Tales

Alex Hitchcock | Felix Ambach | James Copus | Joe Downard | Rupert Cox | Will Barry

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

This impressive debut from UK bassist -producer Joe Downard offers musical counterparts to seven short stories by Japanese author Jun'ichir...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: July/2020

Review of Hiromi and Edmar Castaneda: Live In Montreal

Hiromi and Edmar Castaneda: Live In Montreal

Edmar Castaneda | Hiromi Uehara

Telarc

Rating: ★★★

Hiromi and Castaneda are musical soul brother and sister: each has a ridiculous facility on their instrument, each has the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2017

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